Apparently WB Is Having Trouble Creating A Cohesive DC Movie Universe
Marvel has Kevin Feige, Warner Bros. has... well, nobody if the details contained in the following report are accurate. It seems that even though the studio has lots of movies in the pipeline, there's no leader in place to call the shots and ensure everyone's on the same page...
THR has posted a report on the state of Warner Bros.' budding DC cinematic universe, and by the sounds of things they might be in a bit of trouble. The main problem seems to be the lack of any one person steering the ship and making sure everything is being set up to gel together. The closest thing they have to this type of figure is probably Zack Snyder, but while the director is said to be broadly overseeing the journey towards Justice League, he's a little busy with Batman V Superman to give much else his full attention. Because of this WB has apparently adopted more of a "filmmaker-driven approach", with David Ayer, for example, being given full creative control over Suicide Squad.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Although Marvel's output syncs up very well as a shared universe, their movies have also been criticised for seeming a bit generic, or "samey". WB's approach is definitely a riskier one, but it may ultimately yield better individual films.
Even if that's the case though, it doesn't sound like anyone THR spoke to about this believes it's a smart move. We already knew the studio had hired multiple writers to work on competing scripts for Wonder Woman, and it looks like they've followed suit with Aquaman. Apparently Will Beall, Jeff Nichols and Kurt Johnstad are all penning separate takes on the King of Atlantis. This approach was described as "throwing shit against the wall to see what stuck" by one insider.
What do you guys think? Should Warner Bros. focus on finding their own Kevin Feige, or are you happy with the plan they seem to have in place? You can read the full piece at the link below.
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